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No. 62,202. V Patented Feb. 19, I867.

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JAMES S. HUGG, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Patent No. 62,202, dated February 19, 1867.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, JAMES S. Hose, of the city and county of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented'new and useful Improvements in Broom-Heads; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full and exact description of the same, reference being bad to the accompanying"drawings, making part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of a broom with my improved head.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the broom-headwithout the broom.

Figure 4: is a vertical section in the line :c x, fig. 3.

Figure 5 is a detached view of the bolts and washers which hold the broom-head together.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

The nature of my invention consists in providing washers of peculiar construction for each bolt, which will allow of making the broom of diflerent thicknesses in different parts of the same, each thickness being held firmly and independently of the others, and without danger of breaking the metal of the broom-head. Also in slitting the ends of the metal frame, admitting of its conforming to the various thicknesses of the broom-corn. Also in providing a horizontal partition plate, against which the upper ends of the broom-corn bea'r.

To enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to fully understand and use the same, I will describe its construction and operation.

In the drawings, A represents the broom-head, and B the broom. The ends of the head A are slit, asshown at a, and each of its sides is provided with holes, corresponding with each other, through which bolts, 0, pass. To the upper end of the head A is secured a socket, D, for receiving the handle of the broom, which is fastened by a screw, as shown at d, fig. 4. This socket'extends into the head, and is connected to a horizontal partition plate, E, which is placed nearly in the middle of the broom-head, being secured thereon. The ends I: b of the head are slit from the point where the plate E joins them to the bottom of the head, the slit being enlarged into a circular opening at its commencement. The two sections thus formed 'will overlap each other when the corn is inserted and tightened by the bolts, preventing the exposure of the. corn in the broom-head. The bolts 0 C are of ordinary construction, and are held in position by nuts, 0. frepresent washers placed on both sides of the head A on the bolts 0, between their heads and nuts and the sides of the metal head. These washers f consist of a circular middle part, f and tapering arms, f cast therewith, projectingin opposite directions, but

in line with each other. The inner side of each washer is made fiat, so as to bear closely and evenly on the sides of the head. On introducing corn into the head A, its upper ends will be brought and bear up against the partition plate E. The bolts and washers are now placed in .proper. position, and the head tightened by screwing up the nuts 0. p i

It is customary with manufacturers of brooms to make the ends of the same thicker than the centre, and by means of my separate washers Lbring equal pressure on each part of the corn, the slits on .the ends admitting of the expansion or contraction of the head accordingly.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

v The combination of the broom-head A, with slitted ends, the partition plate E, and socket, D, secured thereto, and the armed washers f, substantially as described. I V JAME S. HUGG.

Witnesses:

CHRISTIAN G. MILLER, Jason Banana. 

